Golden Privet hedging plants – The Golden Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium ‘Aureum’) is a very colourful hedging variety. Its oval shaped dark green leaves have a broad, irregular golden yellow edging and the leaves are often retained during winter, especially if the weather is mild.
Golden Privet is technically semi-evergreen, on exposed windy sites and during very spells some leaves can fall but the hedge will of course re leaf fully the next spring. On older Golden Privet plants, the leaves can often be completely yellow and the size of the leaf often declines with the age of the plant or hedge especially on poorer soil, this is still the same variety.
Our strapping Golden Privet hedging plants are grown under ideal conditions here at the nursery under the watchful eye of our staff and can have leaves twice the size!
It’s a popular hedging species, as it will grow in any soil (including poor soil and chalky soil) that is not very wet. It is suited to all situations from full sun to full shade and is a good plant for windy exposed sites including seaside gardens.
As a hedge, Golden Privet can be expected to make around 30cm growth a year and can be maintained with a single trim at any time each year to keep the hedge tidy, twice for a really neat look.
We have a huge selection of Golden Privet hedging plants in all sizes starting with economical bare rooted plants, these are grown in the soil in our fields and need no compost or pots and minimal water and fertilisers. As a low input crop, they are cheap for us to grow and represent excellent value. The season for these bare root plants runs from November until April while they are dormant and this is the correct time for planting.
Our pot grown range comes in a huge selection of sizes and have the advantages of year-round availability and zero root disturbance meaning they get established very quickly.
We often have the instant hedging option too, which is the perfect solution where immediate impact is the primary consideration, supplied in convenient one metre sections it is easy to handle and plant. As all of our instant Golden Privet hedging is grown here on our own nursery we deliver direct to you without unnecessary freight costs or middlemen, the cost savings are passed on to our customers with the lowest prices you will find.
If you have any questions about Golden Privet hedging plants, or any other hedges please contact our experienced sales team on 01580 765600.
Delivery is free for most orders above our free delivery thresholds, these are displayed above our prices in the product listings and summarized below. If you don’t need that many plants it’s not a problem, you can choose to pay our delivery charge and only order what you need.
Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait in, we will leave your parcel in the safe place that you nominate.
Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds your plants only travel the small hop to our packing shed before being sent to you, they are usually delivered within 3-7 days.
Delivery is reliable – we have been selling and delivering Hedging Plants to our customers nationwide since 1992. We have a lot of experience in packing them safely and only use tried and tested delivery partners.
Smaller Plants (Parcel Delivery)
Location | Order Value | Price |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £90 | £15.00 |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £90 | Free |
Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £24.00 |
Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)
Location | Order Value | Price |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £420 | £72.00 |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £420 | Free |
Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £72.00 |
Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)
Location | Order Value | Price |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Under £1800 | Please call us |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £1800 | Free |
Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | Not available |
Exceptions to our delivery charges are Scottish Highland and Isle of Wight delivery areas where we need to charge a little extra to cover the cost of deliveries to these outlying areas. We don’t currently delivery to other offshore addresses including Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
Tall plants over 2.5 metres have to be delivered by our own specialised transport, our delivery area is limited to mainland England and Wales only.
Please note there is a minimum order value of £50 for orders containing smaller plants and £250 for orders containing heavier plants
Complete delivery information can be viewed on our Delivery Information page